- Address
- Saint Mary's Road, Edenderry
- Type
- Convent / nunnery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14804042
Saint Mary's Convent
Saint Mary's Road, Edenderry
About Saint Mary's Convent
Saint Mary's Convent is one of 53 buildings in Edenderry the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Saint Mary's Convent to 1915–1920. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This former convent mirrors the architectural style used in Saint Mary's Roman Catholic church as well as that used in the convent school. All were completed contemporaneously and share common features including window and door openings.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14804042 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 14804042↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Edenderry · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Saint Mary's ConventStart here
- 2Saint Mary's Convent National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Saint Joseph's HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Monument, Saint Mary's CemeteryRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 5Edenderry Garda Síochána StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Edenderry: more churches on the record
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Closest of all: Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, Derrinturn, 8 km away. The farthest is Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Johnstownbridge, 15 km away.
Questions about Saint Mary's Convent
Is Saint Mary's Convent on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14804042).
Can you visit Saint Mary's Convent?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Saint Mary's Convent built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1915–1920.
Is Saint Mary's Convent protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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